Read the excerpt from the play A Man's World . FRITZ: But you see you make dem talk when you do foolish things. FRANK: Foolish? You mean going out alone? Good Heavens! You don't supose I'm going to give up all my chances of seeing and knowing and understanding just because a few silly people are talking about me? FRITZ: But you are a woman. You must not expect people to trust you—too much. FRANK: I'm not going to spend my life explaining. Which feminist literary theme of the early- to mid-twentieth century is best reflected in this excerpt?
Read the excerpt from A Man's World . FRITZ: Oh—but de talk—de talk—I can't stand it for you. When you go out like dis people don't believe it is for your work. They say you have a lover—they say he writes your books. FRANK: That's very flattering. It means that they think they are too good for a woman to do. Which best describes why this excerpt is ironic?
Which excerpt from A Man's World contains a stage direction?
Read the excerpt from a New York Times review written about the play entitled A Man's World . Well, for one thing, as per the caption of Miss Rachel Crothers’s play, that this is a man’s world. But what is isn’t necessarily right, though there are a lot of people who go on believing so. However, as Miss Crothers probably knows as well as any one, this play and many others equally strong and to the point will not change conditions. Which statement best describes this excerpt?
Read the following scene from A Man's World . FRITZ: But you are a woman. You must not expect people to trust you—too much. FRANK: I’m not going to spend my life explaining. FRITZ: (Sitting at L. of desk.) No—but you— FRANK: Oh, Fritz, don’t. You've been so nice and so comfortable. And now you’re beginning to worry. You see how much better it would have been for both of us if I’d never told you anything about myself and about Kiddie. How would an audio production differ from a stage production of this scene?
Read the excerpt from "What the Black Man Wants." [W]hen any individual or combination of individuals undertakes to decide for any man when he shall work, where he shall work, at what he shall work, and for what he shall work, he or they practically reduce him to slavery. [Applause.] He is a slave. That I understand Gen. Banks to do—to determine for the so-called freedman, when, and where, and at what, and for how much he shall work, when he shall be punished, and by whom punished. It is absolute slavery. It defeats the beneficent intention of the Government, if it has beneficent intentions, in regards to the freedom of our people. How does Douglass appeal to the audience’s sense of logic in the excerpt?
What is the central claim of "What the Black Man Wants"?
How does Douglass use tone to effectively convey his message in "What the Black Man Wants"?
Read the excerpt from Fast Food Nation . The restaurant opens for business at seven o’clock, and for the next hour or so, Elisa and the manager hold down the fort, handling all the orders. As the place starts to get busy, other employees arrive. Elisa works behind the counter. She takes orders and hands food to customers from breakfast through lunch. When she finally walks home, after seven hours of standing at a cash register, her feet hurt. She’s wiped out. She comes through the front door, flops onto the living room couch, and turns on the TV. And the next morning she gets up at 5:15 again and starts the same routine. How does the description of Elisa’s daily routine support the author’s claim that the fast food industry seeks out teenage employees?
Read the excerpt from Fast Food Nation . Instead of relying upon a small, stable, well-paid, and well-trained workforce, the fast food industry seeks out part-time, unskilled workers who are willing to accept low pay. Teenagers have been the perfect candidates for these jobs, not only because they are less expensive to hire than adults, but also because their youthful inexperience makes them easier to control. Which of the following choices best presents a counterclaim to the argument presented in this excerpt?
In part two of Trifles , which of the following is an example of dramatic irony?
Read this passage from "The American Dream." Through our scientific genius we have made of this world a neighborhood; now through our moral and spiritual development we must make of It a brotherhood. In a real sense, we must all learn to live together as brothers, or we will all perish together as fools. We must come to see that no individual can live alone: no nation can live alone. We must all live together; we must all be concerned about each other. Which phrase best summarizes the speaker’s claim that Americans must come together as equals?
According to the author, what are the benefits of school uniforms?
Read the excerpt from “First Generation” of Dreaming in Cuban . He stops at the ocean’s edge, smiles almost shyly, as if he fears disturbing her, and stretches out a colossal hand. His blue eyes are like lasers in the night. The beams bounce off his fingernails, five hard blue shields. They scan the beach, illuminating shells and sleeping gulls, then focus on her. The porch turns blue, ultraviolet. Her hands, too, are blue. Celia squints through the light, which dulls her eyesight and blurs the palms on the shore. Which is an example of a hyperbole?
Read this excerpt from “First Generation” of Dreaming in Cuban . Square by square, she searches the night skies for adversaries then scrutinizes the ocean, which is roiling with nine straight days of unseasonable April rains. What is the meaning of the underlined word?
Read the excerpt from “First Generation” of Dreaming in Cuban , by Cristina Garcia. She considers the vagaries of sports, the happenstance of El Líder, a star pitcher in his youth, narrowly missing a baseball career in America. His wicked curveball attracted the major league scouts, and the Washington Senators were interested in signing him but changed their minds. Frustrated, El Líder went home, rested his pitching arm, and started a revolution in the mountains. Which best explains how Garcia’s word choice helps establish her voice in the excerpt?
Which excerpt from ”First Generation” of Dreaming in Cuban is the best example of magic realism?
Which statement best describes the main idea of John F. Kennedy's Inaugural Address?
Which best describes the main idea of the fourth paragraph, which begins “We dare not to,” in John F. Kennedy's Inaugural Address?
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